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  • A rare lecture series on nuclear chemistry headed by Glenn Seaborg, originally presented to Manhattan Project participants in 1942 and declassified and published by the US Atomic Energy Division in 1946.
    A rare lecture series on nuclear chemistry headed by Glenn Seaborg, originally presented to Manhattan Project participants in 1942 and declassified and published by the US Atomic Energy Division in 1946.

    SEABORG, Glenn, et al.
    An Introduction to Nuclear Chemistry. 1946.
    £4,500.00

  • Limited-edition biography of Karsavina written by Valerien Svetlov, gift-inscribed to her personal friend - musician Margaret Cochrane.
    Limited-edition biography of Karsavina written by Valerien Svetlov, gift-inscribed to her personal friend - musician Margaret Cochrane.

    SVETLOV [IVCHENKO], Valerien.
    Thamar Karsavina. 1922.
    £4,500.00

  • An extensive collection of documents and letters covering the reign of King Abdulaziz, also known as Ibn Saud and the first king of a unified Saudi Arabia, from the reconquest of Riyadh in 1902 until his death in 1953.
    An extensive collection of documents and letters covering the reign of King Abdulaziz, also known as Ibn Saud and the first king of a unified Saudi Arabia, from the reconquest of Riyadh in 1902 until his death in 1953.

    [ARABIAN GULF; SAUDI ARABIA]. BURDETT, Anita L. (editor).
    King Abdul Aziz: Diplomacy and Statecraft 1902-1953 [and] Political Correspondence 1904-1953. 2020.
    £4,500.00

  • Records of Kuwait: 1899-1961.
    Records of Kuwait: 1899-1961.

    [ARABIAN GULF; KUWAIT]. RUSH, A de L.
    Records of Kuwait: 1899-1961. 1989.
    £4,500.00

  • First edition Sketches in the Crimea by Henry Charles Cunliffe-Owen, containing 8 hand-coloured lithograph views of Criea, primarily Sevastapol.
    First edition Sketches in the Crimea by Henry Charles Cunliffe-Owen, containing 8 hand-coloured lithograph views of Criea, primarily Sevastapol.

    [CRIMEAN WAR]. CUNLIFFE-OWEN, Major Henry Charles.
    Sketches in the Crimea, 1856.
    £4,500.00

  • Sulaiman's works had a profound effect on many Arabic and Persian geographers and are of exceptional importance for the study of early Islamic trade.
    Sulaiman's works had a profound effect on many Arabic and Persian geographers and are of exceptional importance for the study of early Islamic trade.

    SULAIMAN EL TAJIR; RENAUDOT, Eusébe (translator).
    Ancient accounts of India and China, by two Mohammedan travellers. 1733.
    £4,500.00

  • First edition of The Collected Poetry of W.H. Auden, inscribed by the author to James and Tania Stern
    First edition of The Collected Poetry of W.H. Auden, inscribed by the author to James and Tania Stern

    AUDEN, W.H.
    The Collected Poetry of W.H. Auden. 1945.
    £4,500.00

  • A rare double signature by A A Milne and Ernest Shepard of Now We Are Six, a first edition of stories featuring Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, Owl, and Eeyore
    A rare double signature by A A Milne and Ernest Shepard of Now We Are Six, a first edition of stories featuring Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Kanga, Roo, Rabbit, Owl, and Eeyore

    MILNE, A.A.; SHEPARD, E.H. (illustrator).
    Now We Are Six. 1927.
    £4,500.00

  • Wellsted's classic work on the Gulf States, including Oman and the coasts of Arabia and Nubia.
    Wellsted's classic work on the Gulf States, including Oman and the coasts of Arabia and Nubia.

    WELLSTED, James Raymond.
    Travels to the City of the Caliphs, 1840.
    £4,500.00

  • Second edition of A Grammar for Learning the Principles of the Malabar Language by Johann Fabricius, the first Tamil English grammar ever printed by one of the key Tamil scholars of the early German Protestant missionary movement.
    Second edition of A Grammar for Learning the Principles of the Malabar Language by Johann Fabricius, the first Tamil English grammar ever printed by one of the key Tamil scholars of the early German Protestant missionary movement.

    [FABRICIUS, Johann Philip].
    A Grammar for Learning the Principles of the Malabar Language, 1789.
    £4,500.00

  • A magnificent Ashkenazi manuscript for a Cohen which includes Seder Pidyon Ha'Ben, executed in Hamburg.
    A magnificent Ashkenazi manuscript for a Cohen which includes Seder Pidyon Ha'Ben, executed in Hamburg.

    FRIEDBERG, Moshe ben Shlomo (calligrapher).
    Seder Nesiat Kapayim Ve'Pidyon Ha'Ben. 1831.
    £4,500.00

  • Exquisite watercolour of a Tulip.

    [CLAESZ, Anthony. II].
    Parrot Tulip. c. 1630.
    £4,500.00

  • A signed, limited edition of A Sportsman's Bag [with] The Passing Seasons [with] Portfolio of Hunting Problems by Lionel Edwards
    A signed, limited edition of A Sportsman's Bag [with] The Passing Seasons [with] Portfolio of Hunting Problems by Lionel Edwards

    EDWARDS, Lionel.
    A Sportsman's Bag [with] The Passing Seasons [and] Portfolio of Hunting Problems. 1926, 1927.
    £4,500.00

  • A magnificent example of 19th-century German 750 silver Hanukkah oil lamp, in great condition, missing the detachable shamash, as is often the case with Hanukkiot of that period.
    A magnificent example of 19th-century German 750 silver Hanukkah oil lamp, in great condition, missing the detachable shamash, as is often the case with Hanukkiot of that period.

    [HANUKKAH].
    Silver Hanukkiah (Menorah) oil lamp with lions. c. 1860].
    £4,500.00

  • First edition of James Ross's A Voyage of Discovery and Research, first voyage to enter the Ross Sea, the first to sight the Admiralty Mountains, the first to see Victoria Land, Ross Island, Mounts Erebus and Terror, and the Ross Ice Shelf.
    First edition of James Ross's A Voyage of Discovery and Research, first voyage to enter the Ross Sea, the first to sight the Admiralty Mountains, the first to see Victoria Land, Ross Island, Mounts Erebus and Terror, and the Ross Ice Shelf.

    ROSS, James.
    A Voyage of Discovery and Research 1847.
    £4,500.00

  • A collection of fables, with <em>Sefer Meshal HaKadmoni </em>which<em> </em>is considered to be the first fully illustrated printed book in Hebrew, its first edition printed circa 1491 in Brescia by the Soncino family printers, with different illustrations.
    A collection of fables, with <em>Sefer Meshal HaKadmoni </em>which<em> </em>is considered to be the first fully illustrated printed book in Hebrew, its first edition printed circa 1491 in Brescia by the Soncino family printers, with different illustrations.

    ARISTOTLE; IBN SHAHULA, Isaac.
    Sefer HaTapuach / Sefer Meshal HaKadmoni. 1800.
    £4,500.00

  • The 1859 issue of Colton's General Atlas, with the double pages of Texas and Kansas, and including plans of New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago.
    The 1859 issue of Colton's General Atlas, with the double pages of Texas and Kansas, and including plans of New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago.

    COLTON, G. Woolworth; FISHER, Richard S.
    Colton's General Atlas, 1859.
    £4,500.00

  • Delessert, a French explorer and naturalist travelled through Mauritius, Reunion Island, Penang, Pondicherry, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Java, and Madras.
    Delessert, a French explorer and naturalist travelled through Mauritius, Reunion Island, Penang, Pondicherry, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Java, and Madras.

    DELESSERT, Adolphe.
    Souvenirs d'un Voyage dans L'Inde 1843.
    £4,500.00

  • The edition princeps of Aldrovandi Ullise's Ornithologiae, a celebrated treatise on birds illustrated with woodcuts.
    The edition princeps of Aldrovandi Ullise's Ornithologiae, a celebrated treatise on birds illustrated with woodcuts.

    ALDROVANDI, Ulisse.
    Ornithologiae, 1599.
    £4,500.00

  • First edition of John Malcolm, Sketch of the Sikhs, presentation inscription by his brother Pulteney Malcolm, one of the great early works dedicated wholly to understanding the Sikhs.
    First edition of John Malcolm, Sketch of the Sikhs, presentation inscription by his brother Pulteney Malcolm, one of the great early works dedicated wholly to understanding the Sikhs.

    MALCOLM, John.
    Sketch of the Sikhs; 1812.
    £4,500.00

  • A handsome bound set of the first editions of Kipling's Jungle Book and its sequel the Second Jungle Book, with a tipped-in typewritten letter signed by Kipling
    A handsome bound set of the first editions of Kipling's Jungle Book and its sequel the Second Jungle Book, with a tipped-in typewritten letter signed by Kipling

    KIPLING, Rudyard.
    The Jungle Book [with] The Second Jungle Book. 1894; 1895.
    £4,500.00

  • [The Works].
    [The Works].

    NABOKOV, Vladimir; PARKER, Robert Andrew (artist).
    [The Works]. 1941-1969.
    £4,500.00

  • Bukvar dlia vzroslykh [Alphabet for Adults].
    Bukvar dlia vzroslykh [Alphabet for Adults].

    [UTOPIAN ABC].
    Bukvar dlia vzroslykh [Alphabet for Adults]. 1920.
    £4,500.00

  • One of 50 copies bound, signed & numbered by the artist Elisabeth Frink, from overall limitation of 300, a monumental book with striking etchings by Frink.
    One of 50 copies bound, signed & numbered by the artist Elisabeth Frink, from overall limitation of 300, a monumental book with striking etchings by Frink.

    FRINK, Elisabeth; [CHAUCER, Geoffrey].
    Etchings illustrating Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. 1972.
    £4,500.00

  • the most handsome and influential botanical of its day, with its near-dreamlike depiction of plants suspended above cityscapes and other backgrounds.
    the most handsome and influential botanical of its day, with its near-dreamlike depiction of plants suspended above cityscapes and other backgrounds.

    MUNTING, Abraham.
    Phytographia Curiosa, Exhibens Arborum, Fruticum, Herbarum & Florum Icones. 1727.
    £4,500.00

  • Alphabet Photographique [Photographic Alphabet].
    Alphabet Photographique [Photographic Alphabet].

    KARQUEL, Gaston; DAVID, Pauline.
    Alphabet Photographique [Photographic Alphabet]. [ca.1950].
    £4,500.00

  • Exodus is the first collection of poems from the Imagists printed in a tiny edition in the Penza provincial printing house.
    Exodus is the first collection of poems from the Imagists printed in a tiny edition in the Penza provincial printing house.

    USENKO, V.; TSITSKOVSKIY, N.;SLAVIN, A.; RADVEL' (illustrators); MANDELSTAM, O.; MARIENGOF, A.
    Iskhod. Al'manakh 1 [Exodus]. 1918.
    £4,500.00

  • A presentation copy of Man Ray and Paul Eluard's Facile, one of the key French surrealist books of the 1930s.<br />
    A presentation copy of Man Ray and Paul Eluard's Facile, one of the key French surrealist books of the 1930s.<br />

    MAN RAY (pseud. RADNITZKY, Emmanuel); ELUARD, Paul.
    Facile. 1935.
    £4,500.00

  • First edition of Elbicei atika musee des anciens costumes Turcs de Constantinople by Jean Brindesi, containing 22 hand-coloured plates of Turkish costumes.
    First edition of Elbicei atika musee des anciens costumes Turcs de Constantinople by Jean Brindesi, containing 22 hand-coloured plates of Turkish costumes.

    BRINDESI, Jean.
    Elbicei Atika Musée des Anciens Costumes Turcs de Constantinople. [c.1855].
    £4,500.00

  • First edition of Journal of a Landsman from Portsmouth to Lisbon by Robert Seymour, with 24 hand-coloured plates satirising life on the Royal Navy.
    First edition of Journal of a Landsman from Portsmouth to Lisbon by Robert Seymour, with 24 hand-coloured plates satirising life on the Royal Navy.

    SEYMOUR, Robert (illustrator).
    Journal of a Landsman from Portsmouth to Lisbon, 1831.
    £4,500.00

  • First edition, fist issue, of Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting by Alken, containing 42 humerous plates showin hunting and racing mishaps.
    First edition, fist issue, of Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting by Alken, containing 42 humerous plates showin hunting and racing mishaps.

    ALKEN, Henry.
    Ideas, Accidental and Incidental to Hunting, and Other Sports; 1826-1830.
    £4,500.00

  • First edition of Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. James.
    First edition of Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M.R. James.

    JAMES, M.R.
    Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. 1904.
    £4,500.00

  • First edition of Mythologiques by Claude Levis-Strauss, inscribed by the author to Georges Th. Guilbaud and Rene Leibowitz.
    First edition of Mythologiques by Claude Levis-Strauss, inscribed by the author to Georges Th. Guilbaud and Rene Leibowitz.

    LÉVI-STRAUSS, Claude.
    Mythologiques. 1964, 1967, 1968 & 1971.
    £4,500.00

  • Claes Oldenburg, Double Nose Purse Punching Bag Ashtray 1970, leather, bronze, wood, metal, bark chips, book, signed, from the edition of 75
    Claes Oldenburg, Double Nose Purse Punching Bag Ashtray 1970, leather, bronze, wood, metal, bark chips, book, signed, from the edition of 75

    OLDENBURG, Claes
    Double-Nose/Purse/Punching Bag/Ashtray 1970
    £4,500.00

  • Claes Oldenburg, Wedding Souvenir, 1966, cast plaster, from the edition of approx. 200

    OLDENBURG, Claes
    Wedding Souvenir 1966
    £4,500.00

  • This is the last series started by Karl Baedeker himself before he died in 1859. Plans include Versailles, Rouen, Dieppe and Strassburg.
    This is the last series started by Karl Baedeker himself before he died in 1859. Plans include Versailles, Rouen, Dieppe and Strassburg.

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Frankreich. Paris und Umgebungen, 1855.
    £4,500.00

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